Chapter 123

In just one night, quite a few white hairs grew in Qin Yuan's black hair.

He stood at the entrance of Qingju Pavilion, looking down at the people who came to bid farewell to Lin Jiaojiao one by one: Ningfei Niangniang, Xi Pin, Imperial Physician Chen, and many little palace maids and eunuchs he had never noticed, and even guards.

He wanted to vent his anger on them, but found that he couldn't even get angry in his heart.

The culprit was Fu'er. After she committed suicide, Qin Yuan had ordered people to torture her corpse again and dismember her, and all her clansmen were exiled!

When tracing the root cause, Xi Pin jumped out and said the culprit must be Ningfei, but Ningfei didn't argue, only saying it was her negligence that harmed her. In the end, the crime was placed on Yu Fei's head!

Because Fu'er was Yu Fei's person, and such a vicious maid appeared there, if it wasn't her problem, whose problem was it!

Not to mention her father was Xu Xiao, and her eldest brother was Xu Chengpeng! The entire Xu family were moths of the country!

But even though he had dealt with the entire Ruyi Palace, his heart still felt as if it was being gripped by something, very uncomfortable!

This discomfort made him feel extremely annoyed with anyone and anything, especially Lu Zhenting, who had repeatedly begged to enter the palace to see Lin Jiaojiao for the last time. He was even more annoyed and firmly refused!

Even if Lu Zhenting brought Guo Shi and Zhu Geer to ask for an edict, Qin Yuan still had people block them at the palace gate!

And even issued a death order that violators would be beheaded!

"Imperial Physician Lin, my chest is tight and uncomfortable now. Can you wake up and take my pulse and prescribe medicine?" He turned and walked into the courtyard of Qingju Pavilion, only to see Lin Jiaojiao's corpse placed in an excellent willow wood coffin, but it had not been covered.

Seeing Lin Jiaojiao's bloodless face, Qin Yuan's tears fell suddenly. He was so cowardly that he didn't protect her, and lost the woman he loved again...

Lin Jiaojiao's coffin was placed in the courtyard of Qingju Pavilion. The autumn wind was blowing, and many fallen leaves drifted into the coffin and fell on Lin Jiaojiao's body.

Qingdai was wearing plain white mourning clothes, her eyes were already swollen from crying, and now she was dry and couldn't shed tears. She leaned over and picked up the fallen leaves that drifted onto her body for Lin Jiaojiao.

At this time, Eunuch Xiao Deng's announcement suddenly came from outside Qingju Pavilion: "The Empress Dowager has arrived—"

The people kneeling outside Qingju Pavilion knelt and kowtowed one after another, "Greetings, Empress Dowager!"

Only Qin Yuan in the courtyard stared blankly at the coffin, not stepping forward to welcome his mother.

But the people who rushed in faster than Xiao Taihou and threw themselves on the coffin were Song Mu and Song Fu!

"My good adopted daughter!" As soon as Song Mu saw Lin Jiaojiao's corpse, she cried out in sorrow like she had lost her mind, and then almost fainted!

Fortunately, Song Fu supported her in time!

But when he saw Lin Jiaojiao lying quietly in the coffin, he couldn't believe it no matter what.

A few days ago, he still saw Lin Jiaojiao full of life at the palace gate. At that time, when she heard that the Song family recognized her as an adopted daughter, she was so moved, and so worried that the Lin family case would implicate them...

Such a good woman was actually harmed in the Huang Gong!

It can be seen that the Huang Gong is definitely not a good place for women!

Thinking of this, Song Fu took a deep breath. After comforting Song Mu to sit on the chair, he knelt and kowtowed to the Emperor, "Emperor! Empress Dowager! This old subject has an uninvited request!"

When the Empress Dowager entered the room and her eyes fell on the coffin, her heart was also very painful. Hearing that Song Fu had an uninvited request, but her son only stared at the corpse blankly, she sighed softly and asked, "Speak."

"Empress Dowager," Song Fu kowtowed again. His eyes were full of tears, and his words were sincere, "The Song family recognized Lin Jiaojiao as an adopted daughter and entered the genealogy. This old subject begs to take her home for a thick burial!"

Hearing this, Song Mu moved her eyes from Lin Jiaojiao's coffin to Song Fu. She nodded sadly and knelt down to beg, "Emperor, Empress Dowager, the Song family begs to take her corpse back to the Song family for a thick burial another day!"

But who would have thought that Qin Yuan would deny it in one bite: "I don't agree!"

"I want to bury her in the Imperial Mausoleum with the etiquette of a noble concubine!"

"Absurd!" The Empress Dowager scolded, followed by a loud slap!

"Not to mention that she didn't go through the selection to enter the palace during her lifetime, but you want to bury her in the Imperial Mausoleum with the etiquette of a noble concubine after her death. How absurd is this matter," Xiao Taihou glared at Qin Yuan, "Do you know her wishes, whether she is willing to enter the court as a concubine!"

Qin Yuan was slapped, covered his face, and remembered the past events!

Whether it was from being poisoned at the beginning or sending the jade pendant, from beginning to end, she had a clear attitude of refusal!

Yes! She was unwilling!

The Empress Dowager paced into the coffin and said in a deep voice, "Yesterday noon, my headache happened, and I summoned Imperial Physician Lin to my palace. After she cured my headache, I asked her what reward she wanted, but she begged me to resign from her position as Imperial Physician and let her leave the palace to practice medicine!"

"If you force her to be buried in the Imperial Mausoleum, I'm afraid her soul will be uneasy after death!"

The Empress Dowager closed her eyes and sighed, "Yuan'er, even if you love a woman again, you shouldn't disobey her last wishes and make her soul uneasy. This is not love, it is shackles."

Hearing his mother's words, Qin Yuan raised his eyes blankly: Yes! She didn't want to follow him when she was alive, so she must be unwilling after death!

It turned out... it was always him who shackled her in the Huang Gong, so this kind of thing happened!

"Then... take her back to your Song family..." Qin Yuan's whole spirit was drained. His waving hands were weak, "Pass the order, bury Imperial Physician Lin thickly from the Song family..."

"Thank you for your grace!" Song Fu and Song Mu knelt and kowtowed, but Qingdai still guarded the coffin and refused to leave.

"Emperor!" Qingdai knelt and kowtowed to ask for an edict, "Emperor, Imperial Physician Lin treated this servant well on weekdays. If it wasn't for this servant coaxing her to drink that sea cucumber and shark fin soup yesterday, she would definitely not have been poisoned! It was this servant who harmed her. This servant is willing to die and go with her!"

"Sister Qingdai," Song Mu went to support Qingdai, "Miss Lin definitely doesn't want to see you be buried with her..."

"Yes, she definitely doesn't want to!" At this time, Xi Pin's voice came from outside Qingju Pavilion. Everyone looked back and saw her kneeling at the coffin of Lin Jiaojiao at the door. Although her words were sad, every word was powerful.

"This concubine saw that she even saved a poisonous snake like Fu'er. Qingdai, if you go with her, I'm afraid she will be so angry that she will smoke from seven orifices in the underworld!"

"If you really have the intention, it's better to guard the spirit for her for three years, and then go outside to apprentice and learn art, fulfilling her wish to practice medicine outside!"

"Then you listen to Xi Pin and guard the spirit for her for three years." At this time, Qin Yuan had no more spirit.

Afterwards, the Empress Dowager took charge and ordered people to lift the coffin out of the Huang Gong from the side door. Song Fu, Song Mu, and Qingdai followed sadly, walking through the streets of the capital, passing Zuihua Pavilion, and walking towards the Song Mansion.

Passersby all stopped to give way. Liu Jiaojiao, the top card of Zuihua Pavilion, leaned on the second floor and saw the royal coffin-sending team walking under the building. She couldn't help but glance at the person lying in the coffin.

Because the coffin was not covered, she saw the woman lying in the coffin clearly from the angle of the upstairs!

Standing beside her was Wei Yan, the son of the Dingguo Duke. When he saw Lin Jiaojiao's face, he couldn't help but tease Liu Jiaojiao, "Jiaojiao, I think the woman in this coffin looks seven or eight points like you!"

"What is like or not like," Liu Jiaojiao sighed softly. She seemed to see her former self, "The women in this world are always so helpless. Sometimes the living are not as happy as the dead."

Wei Yan tightened the hands that were hugging her waist, "Beauty, I can't bear for you to die..."

The coffin-sending team soon met Lu Zhenting and Guo Shi holding Zhu Geer. The baby seemed to feel it and cried loudly.

The royal guards carrying the coffin finally arrived at the Song Mansion. After bidding farewell to the Song family, they returned to the Huang Gong to report.

Guo Shi followed to the Song Mansion. Seeing that Zhu Geer couldn't be coaxed no matter what, she felt very uncomfortable. She gently put Zhu Geer into the coffin and let him lie in her arms, "Zhu Geer, you should say goodbye to your mother..."

Speaking of this, she couldn't bear it and turned her face away to wipe her tears.

Zhu Geer seemed to feel his mother's existence, but he was still crying loudly. Lin Jiaojiao's fingers suddenly moved!

"Good baby, don't cry..."